page_title: Target Field
section_title: Minnie and Paul logo
hierarchical_section_title: Target Field / Features / Minnie and Paul logo
caption_attribution_description: Minnie and Paul,representing the Twin Cities, and the logo for the Minnesota Twins.
context_page_description: Target Field is a baseball park in the historic warehouse district of downtown Minneapolis. Target Field is the home ballpark to the Minnesota Twins, the state's Major League Baseball franchise. It also has served as the occasional home of Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball, and other local and regional baseball events.
  The ballpark officially opened on April 12, 2010 with a capacity of 39,504 and has since hosted the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
  The ballpark is open-air and not considered "roof-ready" in any way. Though originally designed for baseball, the venue can accommodate football and soccer competitions and outdoor concerts. Target Field will also hold its first hockey game. The NHL Winter Classic will be played between the Minnesota Wild and the St. Louis Blues at Target Field in 2021. Its banquet and conference facilities are marketed for corporate and other non-Twins and non-baseball events.
  In 2010, ESPN The Magazine ranked Target Field as the #1 baseball stadium experience in North America.
context_section_description: A large version of the Twins' original "Minnie and Paul" logo (designed by local artist, Ray Barton ) stands in center field.  It shows two players wearing the uniforms of the two minor-league teams that played in the Twin Cities before the Twins' arrival, the Minneapolis Millers and St. Paul Saints, shaking hands across the Mississippi River.  During various points in the game, the strobe lights surrounding the logo flash. This sign was a concept designed and illustrated by RipBang Studios but built by others.
  When the Twins score a run by any means other than a home run, the strobe lights trace the border from the bottom-left corner for each Twins player that crosses home plate, symbolizing that a Twins player rounded the bases. For each strikeout, the corners of the sign flash to portray the strike zone. The strobe lights will flash at the end of the top of an inning if the Twins do not surrender a run during the inning. After a Twins home run, the strobe lights flash, Minnie and Paul shake hands, and the Mississippi River flows. After a Twins victory, the "T" and "s" in "Twins" will blink to show the message "Twins win" in addition to the animation shown following a Twins home run.
caption: Minnie and Paul, representing the Twin Cities, is the logo for the Minnesota Twins.
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